Best and worst Angels' moment of 2014

[gurn67]

What was your best and worst on field Angels moment of the 2014 regular season.

 

For me, the best was the dual bow and arrow show from Pujols and Trout.

 

The worst, without a doubt, Richards going down like he's been shot.

Edited September 28, 2014 by gurn67

[Oz27]

Clinching the division after such a long wait is hard to top, but the Rodney game was fun.

 

Richards comfortably the worst, with the home sweep against Seattle to open the season coming second. It was hard not to be worried after that.

[NJHalo]

What was your best and worst on field Angels moment of the 2014 regular season.

 

For me, the best was the dual bow and arrow show from Pujols and Trout.

 

The worst, without a doubt, Richards going down like he's been shot.

Same

[Jammer36]

Trouts walk off on the 4th and Richards' complete game shutout in LA would be my 2 other favorite moments.

[Diaz15]

The 4th of July game comes to mind, where Trout hit the walkoff HR. That was really fun to be at.

[JoJo26]

Best...Bow & Arrow and Richards dominating Los Doyers

 

Worst...that damned pitcher cover first play on Boston...

[Hollyw00d]

Best: trout's GS off sale to tie up the game. That's one of the best angels moments of the past decade IMO

Worst: obviously Richards. I hate boston.

[OregonLAA]

Weaver freaking out against New York has to be up there

[Waybackman]

The sweep of the A's at the end of August changed the whole momentum of the season.

[ItzTacosYerrp]

Best- The whole yr was a blast

Worst- G rich

[krAbs]

for me...

best, trout grand slam off of sale. was there with some girl, and we had basically given up so we snuck down to field level to watch the rest of the game. sat down right near third base at the beginning of trouts at-bat. fantastic moment.

worse, richards going down. that one hurt my soul.

[Guest]

Worst moment just in terms of on-field gameplay (not injuries), Nick Swisher walk off grand slam. 

 

Best moment is a tossup between bow and arrow scene and Chris Sale batting practice.

Edited September 29, 2014 by ScottLux

[stevestevens]

Best: Trout grand slam off sale, bullpen game to beat the a's, bow and arrow, Pujols 500 club, efren navarro's walk up music

Worst: g rich, losing to kershaw when we had him beat, Frieri, opening series against the m's, Frieri, losing Rondon, frieri

[disarcina]

worst -- as the original post states - -that's easy -- RICHARDS going down.

 

the best -- hard to say -- I think we had SEVERAL and a few I cannot pinpoint the exact dates/ game but as Casey Stengel used to say 'you could look it up'

 

-- the 2014 start sometime in April, perhaps May -- where it became apparent that Garrett Richards was stepping up to be a bona-fide rotation guy and a legitimate candidate for the All Star game. Not sure which start it was but I am confident looking back you can pinpoint the start where everyone said: Garrett Richards has arrived as an MLB starter and near ace quality.

 

--the 2014 start sometime in August where it became apparent that Shoemaker was going to step up and pick up where Garret Richards left off filling a HUGE void in the Angels rotation.

 

--the acquisition of Hutson Street (and the deletion of Frieri from the roster).  Once the pen got solidified with a reliable closer it stabilized the entire pen, allowed Smith to become a set up guy, made Morin and Jepsen better and even Grilli came over and initially had some quality outings. Plus we were no longer plagued by Frieri's poor performance which just killed us in June/ July.

 

-- MAJOR OFFENSIVE MOMENT -- the insertion of Kole Calhoun in the lead-off spot sometime in mid-July/ August -- that move (and the acquisition of Street) seemed to combine to provide the team chemistry in the line up that was previously missing.......everyone seemed to play and hit better after Calhoun assumed the lead off spot in mid July/ August.

[Richard]

Worst when the Season was declared OVER in May/June/July/August.

 

Best was when they won the division by nearly 10 games.

[Blarg]

The sweep of the A's at the end of August changed the whole momentum of the season.

 

Except they were 19-8 in July so it's no like they put it into a higher gear in August.

[Blarg]

-- MAJOR OFFENSIVE MOMENT -- the insertion of Kole Calhoun in the lead-off spot sometime in mid-July/ August -- that move (and the acquisition of Street) seemed to combine to provide the team chemistry in the line up that was previously missing.......everyone seemed to play and hit better after Calhoun assumed the lead off spot in mid July/ August.

 

Calhoun started the season as the leadoff batter. He only lost the spot being on the DL from April 15th through May 21st. From June 1st on he has been the leadoff except for rest days. He started out of leadoff role only 9 times the entire season, not once after June 1st.

[Taylor]

Weaver freaking out against New York has to be up there

 

[laagamer]

 

Badass

[Chris]

A's arriving in Anaheim 1 game back and leaving 5 games back.

 

Key moment in that series:  Iannetta hits HR to CF; goes into Crisp's glove before falling out for a HR.

[SoCALkid]

Best and Worst games both come from Oakland. I think the worst being the game we lost that Richards got lit up early. Best being the game Trout hit a hr off Chavez and we left Oakland with like a 1 or 1/2 game lead but a ton of confidence that led to us going on a tear for the division

Edited September 29, 2014 by SoCALkid

[joeywings]

The worst loss had to be that loss to the Nationals on the final game . Ernesto blew the 4-run lead iirc.

 

Best game had to be against Sale and White Sox when Mikey hit the slam to tie it .

[Second Base]

The Trout GS off Sale and winning ASG MVP were pretty awesome.

Losing Richards mostly because he was the embodiment of this team's success. Relying on homegrown youth such as himself, Morin, Shoe, Jepsen, Calhoun and of course Trout to succeed.

[Angel Oracle]

Best - routing a solid division by 10 games

Worst - GRich going down

Most Unexpected - LeBlanc's 17 2/3 scoreless innings including a sub 0.60 WHIP and 12/1 Ks/BBs

[Waybackman]

Except they were 19-8 in July so it's no like they put it into a higher gear in August.

You must be a fun guy at a party. What I was trying to say was we overcame our arch rival and never looked back.